Providing the inspiration and source material for the HBO series -- produced by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Terence Winter -- Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City (Paperback) is a riveting and wide-reaching history that explores the sordid past of Atlantic City. A colorful cast of powerful characters, led by Commodore¯ Kuehnle and Nucky Johnson, populates this stranger-than-fiction account of corrupt politics and the toxic power structure that grew out of guile, finesse, and extortion. Get the unflinching story in the bestselling, paperback Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City.

2011 -Golden Globe: BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA: Steve Buscemi
The Directors Guild of America (DGA Awards): OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES - Martin Scorsese
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG Awards):
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES - Steve Buscemi
The Writers Guild of America (WGA Awards):NEW SERIES - Meg Jackson, Lawrence Konner, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Margaret Nagle, Tim Van Patten, Paul Simms, Terence Winter
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC Awards): OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN EPISODIC SERIES/PILOT - Jonathan Freeman
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel Award: BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM MUSIC IN TELEVISION
The Costume Design Guild (CDG): OUTSTANDING PERIOD/FANTASY TELEVISION SERIES

Everything you would ever want to know about the sand dunes turning into one magnificate City. From the selling of the land by the Indians to a farmer, to the actual building of the first Hotel, the building of the railroads and the plight of the Blacks after the Civil War....amazing read! Covers the complete History of the resort known as Atlantic City